Amman vs New York City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Amman	New York City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$994	$4441
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2473	$10033
🏠 One person rent	$386	$2960
🏘️ Family rent	$700	$5380
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$886
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$364
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$663	$5544
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	64	100
😀 Quality of life	68	95
🏙️ Population	4.01M	8.8M

The cost of living in Amman is 78% less expensive than in New York City. Cities ranked 5535th and 3rd ($994 vs $4441) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Jordan and the United States, respectively. Check Jordan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Amman compared to 1.2 months in New York City. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs New York City ranked 2nd in the United States, while ranked 3048th and 22nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs New York City

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	Amman	New York City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.09	$29.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.9	$133
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.07	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$8.94
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$5.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$3.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$3501
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$258	$2603
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$763	$4776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$5236
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.3	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.7	$171
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34	$65.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.3%	6.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1392	$17935
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$875	$12929
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.1	$132
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$22.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$5.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$7.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$5.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$17.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$15.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$20
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$7.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$6.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$6.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$3.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$3.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$3.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.9	$20
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.84	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.51	$18.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$9.89
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$6.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.46	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$71
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$20.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$173
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$36.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$67.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$260	$1784
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5545	$21465

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Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$552
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$608
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$679
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$996
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$877
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$2114
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1556
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$905
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$710
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$762
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1927
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1919
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$1902
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$761
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$1652
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1756
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$1891
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$1931
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$813
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$1931
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2123
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$1853
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$1965
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$1600
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2035
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1709
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1894
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1680
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$1732
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1742
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$1990
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$2072
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$2145
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1912
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$1811
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2156

Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2534
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3271
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3040
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2886
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2703
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3302
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2701
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2756
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2720
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2667
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2729
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2740
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2512
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2693
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2732
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2531
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2587
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2637
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2664
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2480
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2715
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2722
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2676
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2747
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2664
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2716
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2745
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2611
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2456
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2730
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2610
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2456
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3111